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W, H. KNAPP.

GARMBNT STAND. y A No. 307,960. Patented Nov. 11, 1884.

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PATENT EETCE.

xNAPP, or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AssiCNoE oE oNE HALE To CHAs. L. KNAPP, oE sAME PLACE.

GARNI ENT-STAN D.

.'JEC-TGATQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,960, dated November ll, 1884.

Application filed April 10, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. KNAPP, of

N ew Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvenientin Garment-Stands; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings andthe letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, a vertical section; Fig. 2, a transverse section directly under the handle e, looking downward; Fig. 3, a sectional top view showing the collar n and the waist-segments; Fig. 4, a front View of the stand complete; Fig. 5, a transverse section through the skirt portion above the collar I, looking down; Fig. 6, a perspective view of one of the links detaclied.

This invention relates to an improvement in skeleton forms used for exhibiting wearingapparel, commonly called garment-stands, and especially to such as are constructed for the exhibition of ladies garments; and it embodies to some extent the inventions for which Letters Patent Nos. 288,452 and 290,990 were granted to me, the object of the invention being to make the frame adjustable to various sizes throughout, and also to avoid the employmentof springs in making such adjustment as in my previous patents; and the invention consists in the construction, as hereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claims.

A represents a tubular post supported on a base or feet, B.

C is the central spindle upon which the mechanism is arranged. This spindle extends down into the post A, and so as to rest upon a stop, a, and may be secured to prevent its turning by a set-screw, b. This spindle extends to the extreme top, where it is provided with a convenientlyshaped handle, d, by which it may be turned. Near the upper end a sleeve, D, is arranged upon the spindle free to be rotated, and provided with a suitable handle, e, by which the sleeve may be turned upon the spindle as its axis. Upon this sleeve 5o is a collar, f, loose, so as to permit the sleeve (No model.)

to be turned within it, but prevented from y vertical movement by the collar e above. At

the lower end the sleeve is screw-threaded, as at g, and on this threaded portion is a collar, Ii, correspondingly threaded.

The neck-piece, as in my previous patents, is composed of several segment-shaped pieces, E, represented as four in number. To each of these segments a link, il, is hinged extending up to the collar f, to which its upper end 6o is also hinged. To the segments like links lare hinged, which extend down to the collar h, and to which their lower end is hinged, as seen in Fig. l. These links are bifurcated or V shape, the apex being hinged to the collars, 6 5 and the two ends hinged to the segments, as seen in Fig. 2. The neck end of the wires forming the waist portion of the standard are attached to these segments, as shown, and as in my previous patent, and so that the body 7o portion of the frame is divided into four sections vertically. Now, if the sleeve- D be turned in one direction to draw the collar G upward, it follows that the links Zwill force the neck-segments away from the center, as 7 5 indicated in broken lines. Fig. l, and thereby expand the neck, or, turned in the opposite'direction, contract the neck. The waistband is formed of four segments, F, corresponding to the four segments of the neck, as seen in Fig. 8o 3, and the wires of the waist portion extend from the segments at the top to the respect ive segments in the Waist-line, and secured thereto so as to move with their respect` ive segments in expanding and contracting. Near the waist-section` a sleeve, G, is arranged, xed to the spindle, so as to revolve with it, .the sleeve screw-threaded at its lower end. This sleeve may be 4made a permanent part of the spindle, but it is made in sleeve shape, as 9o being the cheaper construction. It is iixed to the spindle bya pin, m, or otherwise. Above this sleeve is a collar, n, loose, so as to permit the spindle to revolve within it, but fixed as to its longitudinal movement by means of a collar, o, above, which is made fast to the spindle, as shown. To each of the segments F a link, p, is hinged, extending to the collar n above, to which the upper end is hinged, and to the segments other links, r, are hinged, exroo tending down to a collar, s, on the screw-v threaded portion t of the sleeve G, the collar being correspondingly screw-threaded, and so that if the spindle be turned-say, as by means of the handle cl-the screw-threaded portion t will also revolve, and in such revolution will cause the collar s to rise or fall according to the direction in which the screw is turned. In one direction it will cause the collar to rise,as seen in broken lines, drawing the two collars nearer together, and thereby forcing the segments outwardthat is, expanding the waistband, as seen in broken lines,Fig. l. From the waist-line downward the skirt part of the frame is divided into four parts corresponding to the four waist-segments, each of the parts made from wire, as seen in Fig. 4. From the waist downward at the edge of each of these sections is avertical strip, u. On the spindle within the skirt portion is a collar, I, free to revolve, but fixed as to vertical movement by a collar, L, above, which collar is made fast to the spindle. From this collar I links or armsMextend to the Vertical bandsu, the links hinged to the bands, as also to the collar I, as seen in Figs. 1 and 5. As the collar s rises to expand the waist-segments F, it necessarily causes those segments to rise, as seen in broken lines, and in so rising the skirt portions are drawn up with those segments, and in such rising the links M are turned upward, as seen in broken lines, which turning throws their lower end outward, and thereby causes the skirt portion to expand accordingly, as indicated inbroken lines, Fig. l.

To unite the skirt-sections, and yet permit such expansion and contraction of them, a toggle-connection, N, is made, as seen in Fig. 4, one link of the toggle attached to 011e of the vertical strips, u, and the other link to the other strip, and so that as the sections expand the toggle approaches a straight line, and in contracting the twolinks approach each other, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 4. Under this construction the springs employed in my previous patents are avoided, as the means for expansion and contraction are made positive by the two screws.

The links by which the segments are connected to their respective collars are made in a single piece, so as to be produced in malleable iron. One of these links is seen detached in Fig. 6. They are made of V shape, the apex and the two ends terminating so as to form an eye for the pintle of the hinge, as shown. rlhis makes a cheap, Strong, and durable link, and holds the segments rmer than when a single link or spring is employed, asin my previous patents, the V shape giving to them a bracelike effect.

That part of the present invention by which the neck and waist are adjusted may be employed in forms of waist-shape only-that is,

forms in which the skirt is not desirable, such as used for male clothing.

I claiml. The combination of the central spindle, C, collar a, loose on said spindle, but fixed as to vertical movement, the screw-thread t, attached to or made a part of said spindle, the collar s on said screw-threaded portion, the waist-segments F, to which the corresponding divisions of the waist-frame are attached, links p and r, connecting said segments, respectively, with said collars n s, the collar I below the waist, loose on the spindle, but fixed as to vertical movement, with links M, extending therefrom into hinge-connection with the skirt portions, which said skirt portions are attach ed to the respective waist-segments, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the central spindle, C, collar n, loose on said spindle, but fixed as to vertical movement, the screw-thread t, attached to or made a part of said spindle, the collar s on said screw-threaded portion, the waist-segments F, to which the corresponding divisions of the waist-frame are attached, links p and r, connecting said segments,v respectively, with said collars u s, the collar I below the waist, loose on the spindle, but xed as to vertical movement, with links M, extending therefrom into hinge-connection with the skirt portions, which said skirt portions are attached to the respective waist-segments, and toggles N,'connecting said skirt portions, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the neck-segments E E, the corresponding waist portions of the frame attached thereto, the vertical central spindle, C, the sleeve D, loose thereon, and constructed with the screw-thread g, the collar f loose upon said sleeve, the collar h on the screw-threaded portion g, thelinks z' and Z,connecting said segments with the respective collars, the waist-segments F, collar n, loose on the spindle, but fixed as to vertical movement, the collar s, screw-threaded corresponding to the screw-thread t on the spindle, and linkconnections p r between said waist-segments and the respective collars n s, substantially as described.

4. In a garment-stand consisting of horizontal segments around the vertical central rod, the said segments supporting the wires which form the stand, combined with an adjustable collar on the central rod, with the V-shaped links, the apices of which are hinged to the collar, the two arms of each extending one to near 011e end and the other to near the opposite end of said segments and hinged thereto, substantially as described.

. WM. H. KNAPP.

Witnesses: I

Jos. C. EARLE, J. H. SHUMWAY.

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